Billings West High School - Westward Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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At West High the “jocks” sit on jock rock, the “wavers” stand near the of- fice, the “brains” hang out in the cafete- ria, the “freaks” stand out on the cor- ner. What is a freak? Ask people who consider themselves a part of this group and they’ll tell you it is someone who doesn’t mind not “fitting in” to the standard mold. “The poodles give us a bad time be- cause we have different fads,” said Mary Sue Lawrence, senior, when ex- plaining why she doesn’t attend school activities. Besides, according to Danelle Rovai, senior, “School activities should be free.” CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: THE GANG — Tina Bell, junior, Terri Fields, junior. Mar- ySue Lawrence, senior, Heather Larkin, sophomore, Marie Dedmore, sophomore, posed for a group shot in front of Career Center. THE ART OF BEING COOL: J.D. Godfrey, senior, does his “Fonzie” imitation for his friends MarySue Lawrence, senior, Niki Golic, senior, Terri Fields, junior. While hanging out in front of Career Center. OOPS!: Jacob Wallin, sophomore, attempts to play hacky sack while Dave Thornton, junior, looks on. KEEP IT UP: Jeff Berve, senior, gets in a little hacky sack practice between classes at the Career Center. WHAT A SMILE!: Troy Moore, sophomore, takes a break from classes at Career Cen- ter. LOOK MA NO HANDS: Dave Thorton, ju- nior, shows his skill at hacky sack in the faculty parking lot after school. “LIFE IS MY OWN TO LIVE AS MY OWN.” - METALLICA Some people expressed pride in their identitity with groups considered “freaks” by the other members of the student body. “We don’t care if people see us, we are not phony and we learn from our own mistakes, ” said Kari Lynn LaCasse, senior. Even within the rebel group there are divisions. One group stands in the rear of the building and one group stands in the front on the corner. Why? LaCasse, a member of the group in front of the school, said it is a matter if pride in her identity. “We don’t hide anything from anybody and we also don’t pretend.” “We party with the best, they party with the rest!” Rovai shouted. “The people out back are ’wanna be’s’,” Lawrence commented. I 14 INTRODUCTION

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“Buzzzzz ...” Oh, should I get out of bed or hit snooze one more time? Better yet may- be Mom will let me stay home today. But I’ve already missed three days, and with the new ten-day rule, I have to save some for good causes, like skiing, or staying home for a possible missing assignment. Oh well, I guess I should get ready. Fun, school time. These halls are so crowded I feel like I’m suffocating. Oh no, five minutes to get to my first peri- od class and it seems like there’s a traf- fic jam up ahead. There’s the bell, late again, but maybe my teacher won’t no- tice. Well, time to move again. Second pe- riod, here I come. Gee, I feel like I’m getting sick. Maybe I should go lie down for the hour. Besides I don’t have my assignment done anyway. By now the nurse should know me by name. Finally, lunch is almost here. I’m so hungry 1 could die. I wonder if the teacher will let me go and get some food. I doubt it though. Teachers just want you in class to learn, not to eat. Bzzzzzz! Lunchtime. Let’s go! I don’t understand why they don’t ; give us more time for lunch. Thirty j minutes is just not enough time to eat. Then teachers wonder why we get sick. Try eating that fast and see if they get sick. I really don’t want to go to that class. This day is so slow, and I am so tired, maybe if I just dozed off for a few min- utes the teacher won’t notice. I’m look- ing forward to the weekend. School’s out in a few minutes, thank God. Week- end here I come! Maybe next week will be different. More than likely. It seems that every day something new happens. Maybe for variety I’l early for each class and behave. But then again, maybe not. CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: SURF’S UP — Seniors Nikki Schwaderer and Doug McConviJIe dress seasonably for Montana. S’MORE TRASH — Sophomore Jake Slater is the recipient of the treatment giv- en to underclassmen who dare to sit on Jock Rock. ALOHA DAYS — Junior Rob Moler pauses on his way to class. HO! HO! HO! — Sophomore Scott Stoppel enjoys his role as an old man in a play performed in Mr. Ron Fisher’s Literature and Language class. ODUCTION